Feb, 15th 2018

Anxious family members hug students, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. The shooting at a South Florida high school sent students rushing into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building. Police were warning that the shooter was still at large even as ambulances converged on the scene and emergency workers appeared to be treating those possibly wounded. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

BERMUDA | Sunday May 14, 2017

The boats have a hydraulic system that gets charged by the sailors. Either through standard grinding pedestals which the majority of the teams have installed, or bicycle pedestals the New Zealand team are employing.

This is why fitness is such a critical aspect of this America’s Cup. All of the roles on board require the sailors to be athletes in peak condition. They need power, strength, agility, and superhuman aerobic capacity.

ORACLE TEAM USA skipper Jimmy Spithill, along with team mates Graeme Spence and Rev Minihane, took on an epic challenge on Saturday – the Devil’s Isle SUP Challenge.

The scheduled 40 mile race had to be shortened to 29 miles due to very strong winds, but even at that distance, Spithill called it « one of the toughest things I’ve ever done. »

The Devil’s Isle Challenge is held in support of the Plastic Tides organisation, devoted to education about the scourge of plastic in our oceans.

According to Craig McFarlane, Oracle Team USA’s physical performance manager, during a race grinders, helmsmen, trimmers can average up to 98 per cent of their maximum heart rate for the entire race.

In training, America’s Cup sailors will achieve a maximum deadlift of 200kg, and to achieve this, Oracle Team USA sailors workout on average nine session per week, including swimming and hill running sessions.

There is a focus on grinding sessions – up to three per week – in addition to other weight training and cross training activities such as boxing, stand-up paddle boarding and surf ski sessions, high-intensity workout finishers, and even the occasional high intensity, and high-stakes, table tennis matches !

The US Army Corps of Engineers said on Sunday that it won’t grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota.

The decision is a victory for the several thousand camped near the construction site, who’ve said for months that the four-state, $3.8 billion project would threaten a water source and cultural sites.

The pipeline is largely complete except for the now-blocked segment underneath Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir. According to a news release, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy said her decision was based on the need to « explore alternate routes » for the pipeline’s crossing.

« The best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes for the pipeline crossing. »

The company constructing the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, had said it was unwilling to reroute the project.

US Secretary for the Interior Sally Jewell said in a statement that the Corps’ « thoughtful approach … ensures that there will be an in-depth evaluation of alternative routes for the pipeline and a closer look at potential impacts » and « underscores that tribal rights reserved in treaties and federal law, as well as Nation-to-Nation consultation with tribal leaders, are essential components of the analysis to be undertaken in the environmental impact statement going forward. »

Steven Perry, a 66-year-old Vietnam veteran who’s a member of the Little Traverse Bay band of Odawa Indians in Michigan, spoke of one of the protesters’ main concerns: that the pipeline could pollute drinking water. « This is not just a native issue, » he said, « This is an issue for everyone. »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/04

easement : servitude, droit de passage

Civil Works : génie civil

underscores : souligne

WE ARE WAITING FORWARD TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NASA PROJECT WITH THE STUDENTS OF THE LYCEE DE LA MER…

If you are a little curious you may like to get more informations about the life onboard the ISS

President Obama announced a series of executive actions on guns Tuesday. He recited a litany of mass shootings during his presidency, but paused and choked up at the 20 first-graders shot and killed at Sandy Hook.

The whole world has been shaken following the terrorist attacks of last Nov 13th. The US president Barack Obama was the first to react and support French people. This is the speech he delivered a few hours after the attacks :

The COP21 : Paris climate conference will start in a few days. This meeting represents a major hope to find world solutions to the climate change. This is the report from the cable news American channel CNN about it :

The day before the beginning ot the climate conference, thousands of citizens gathered everywhere in the world to send a message to world leaders. This is an articlefrom the Huffington Post about this :